If you prefer your fabric hunts to be orderly and well-ventilated, this isn't the place for you. But if you love digging through ribbons, notions and fabric (including some fabulous sparkly stuff) and love the feeling of victory when a bargain is unearthed from a table piled high, then a visit to SAS is in order.

Be warned that there is a system for the cutting tables. Join the line partway down one side of the long counter; just because you see an employee cutting fabric and no line near her doesn't mean you can hover at her counter for service. Get in line and pass the time by eavesdropping on fellow customers talking about how they're going to use that hot-pink chevron-print rayon.